I was reading 1Nephi16 and was interested in the idea that it is hard to hear counsel or correction when we have done something wrong. Like Laman and Lemuel, it can feel like "more than we can bear" and "it cutteth them to the very center". I think that this is the reason that we sometimes avoid church, going to the temple, or listening to conference when we know that things are not right in our lives. It is so much easier to hear about all the good things we are already doing. We feel justified and righteous! However, it is the hearing and accepting the "hard things" that really moves us to repentance and change if we "hearken to the truth and give heed unto it".

Sally